Apparatus for recovering waste alcohol from liquor casks and barrels.



:No. 815,463. PATENTED MAR. 20,-1906.

. v T. H. NAUGHTON.- I 'APPARATUS FOR REOOVERING WASTE. ALCOHOL PROM LIQUOR GASKS- AND BARRELS. 'APPIRIOATION FILED JAN. 11, 1905.

'WITPIEE J Fm. Q). cnww v r Q PATENTED'MARZO,1'906. H-YNAUGHTON. Y

APPARATUS FOR REGOVERING WASTE ALCOHOL PROM VLIQUOR- OASKS- AND BARRELS.

Arrucuron mun'mn. 11; 1905 v 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

- I INVENTUR.

' in Boston, inthe county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in To all whcncit ima'y C ncern:

"pm rnnsmifg' 'PATENT *oF-FIGE Teen-As HENRY Nicer-iron; oF. os'roiv; MASSACHUSETTS, Assienon;

BY MESNE AssmNMENraf-or ONE-HALF .TO] MA n-AUGn'roN, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ANDY'ONE-LZIALF vTo, MICHAEL, DUNN, OF'

SP IN FIELD, AssAoHi'Is TTs.

APPARATUS 'FOR, RECOVEBI'NGQWAS TE -AiCOHL FROM LIQUOBL-CASKSAND BAYRRELS.

' 'Be'itknown that LTHonAs HENRY NAUGH ToN,f acitizen of the United States, residi'n' Recovering Waste Alcohol from and Barrels {of-Which. the following-is aspeci- I fication, a

" and-wineshave been emptied asifar asgpossi-l fspeeiilication of Letters Iatent. "i ma es; filed nmy in 1905 I Serial No. 240.555. 7

A aratus. for" EihuorCasks' :After barrels and caslis'containirig liquors" ble or as far 'as practicable of their contents 'the b a'rrelor cask which has'not' been drawn off and which is" wasted, I Moreover, there-is quite a percentage of the contained'alcoholwhichhasf been absorbed by the v'vood- =of.

which thebarrels'are made I I 'M 'f Ventionhas'fpr its object to extract the iquor thus. rem alnl-ng m the" receptacles through the 'barrelis established by the emtheisame time toone operation the circula 3 atelgQyBiy means of'imecha'nism'applied.t0 the arrelsf and between their adjacent heads-'- tionjand 'vaporizationtaking place immedithe heads airehfi'ectually; prevented from be in'gblowl'lfou't or injured, and the barrels are;-

cient results are obtaine plotment of the mechanism below described, Wit t and -the alcohol remaining in'the wood and to" reclaim this productby meansof ..'a condenser to obtain alcohol ofa high proof. f i l In my present invention the circulation inv 'ntion' therefore" consists inj th ape paratus-forlaccomplishin the above, results,

the methodor'p'rocess t ereforbein made-l thesubject of a separate application or Let-y --ters "Patent, ,fijled' June-"=5, 1905,; Serial "No;

a f 263,730, fully described below andillustrated inthe?acc mpanyingIdraWiIIgS, i-D'WhiQh-g'a' Fi" ure' 1 is' a' sectional 'eleyati on showing a num er-of barrelsbeing subjected to the oper ,j

ation of the invention, the; condenser being 1 located one floor above. Butfive barrels are r hewn in ne .fl l ghfl gc a ge 1 an ra n d a the same fofpe'ration'; Fig; 2 is, an "enlargedheads from displacement or injury. isagjcross vertical section taken online 3 3, Fig.2., Fig. lis a} crossvertical section of v one of the barrel-sup orts. Fig. 5 is a detail in. Ian and section 0' the sjteam-injector'2 5 -j' imilar characters of reference indicate corresponding part'sl rels which'haye'been emptied as farasprac- "ticable of their contents and which are tobe "subjected ,to'the operation of;my apparatus; Threejof these barrels are representer the method of fconne'ctin horizontally and .vertically placedcasksj 'hebarrels c, b,and'

p v practicable, as 1n practices; lar' e number of v .or casks-maybe treate at the same time;

whether orizontal or vertical, thereis placed :a head block'con'sisting of the strong horizon-. tal cross b ar g- (see'l3,i s. 2, .3, and 4;)"and the supporting -"-legs h.- @etween the II adj acent Patented Marc1i 20,19 06.,

1 c mayrest on the floor 'vvi'th'out jthe employ-- ment' of cradlesyand as Inany-barrelsmay be. contained in a row and as manyrows con-. i

I nectedtogether as desired .or deemed 1 arre s plan view a horizontal row-of barrels se ,cured together, by the 'same means illustrated g in Fig. '1 for the purpose ofpreservinFg'the.

. a, b, 0;, (Land 6 represent liquor or-Wine bar- 5 as in a horizontal row'ahd two in a vertical row, supported by'a suitablebench f in order to show.

I -At'the o' posite ends of; each row off-barrels, he'result that a large numberof barrels may be connected in line and subjected. at"

ends or heads-of the barrels in a row'there' are 1 similar, head-blocks, li den theseblocks are connected byhorizontal rods in, which extend v through the portions g"; near 'ftheirOpposite jends, =as shown. ..'The opposite-ended these .with nuts Z. ,The inner surfaces or facesof the and both" lacesof -the intermediatejhead' rodsk are screw threaded and 'areprovided ;horizontal"portions.gf or the end head-blocks 4 9 blocks are provided with elastic cushions m,

"p'referably neumatic rubber ring-shaped cushions; hese neumat1c cushions are se.

and 4, which. extend throu hr openings'pin cured by suitable ooks or clamps 12,, Figs. 3. 2

, th'eportionsl g-oi the head- 'locks,-the pneu-' I mati'c. cushions bein' 'c'ent'rall located on said-"portions g anditj e'head bocksbeinglof 'r a such alieightfas toenableithe cushions to be ressedcentrally against the barrehheads; o crating the nutsl thebarrels-are held," a tight y. against [the cushions, whereby. the

, strained, or injured.

readily adapt themselves to inequalities, or

ralve stop-cock 21 an connections a complete heads are enabled to sustain great pressure without any danger of their being blown out, The rubber cushions irregulations in the barrel-heads, and the legs h prevent the barrels from rolling.

8 represents a steam-boiler, andt a receiving-tank, both preferably located on the same floor with the barrels, and it represents a series of condensers in a condensing-tank '0, provided with the overflow and supply pi es w and z, the condenser being located, pref e'rably, on a floor y above the barrels.

'A supply-pipe 10 leads from the boiler s to the steam-pipe 11, which leads to the steaminjector 12, constructed like that illustrated in Fig. 5,) provided with a pressure-gage 13. From the opp'ositeend'of the injector 12 a pi e 14 leads to the interior of thetfirst barre a. The pipes-11 and 14 are provided, re spectively, with suitable valves 15 and 16. A pipe 17 leads from the injector 12 to a pi e 18, which connects with the interior of tlie last barrel e, said pipe being provided with a thermometer 19.. Thepipes 16 18 '17 constitute the circulation-pipes through which the steam enters the first barrel and leaves the last barrel. connected by tubular connections 20, ex tending through the farther head of the first barrel and through the side of the next barrel, and so on, except where the last horizontal barrel is connected with the first vertical barrel, in which case it is more convenient to extend both ends of the connections 20 through the barrel-heads Each of these tubular connections is rovided with a gatean injecting-pi e 22, which extends into the farther barre said pipe 22 being perforated and having its end capped, as shown at 23. By means of these circulation through the barrels is established.

A pipe 2 1, provided with a suitable valve 24, extends from the steam-supply pipe 10 to one end of the steam-injector 25, Figs. 1 and 5, and from the opposite end of the injector a pipe 26 extends and bends u ward, as shown in Fig. 1, and makes suitab e connections-with the condensers u in the condensing-tank c, said pipe being provided with an' ordinary gage or water glass 27. A pipe 28 leads from the condensers to the receiving-tank t. The upper end of the pi e 18 leads to a stop-cock or blow-01f 000 29, which is connected by the discharge-pipe 30 with the pipe 26. A chain 31, provided at one end with a ball 32,eXtends over a pulley 83, sustained, preferably, by the ceiling, said chain being connected with the lever 34, which extends from the blow-off cock. The chain is provided at its opposite ends with hooks 35, whereby the weight may be applied to either end of the chain. On each barrel isa watercock 36, from which a tube 37 extends down it is to be applied'to a barrel which and The adjacent barrels are.

into the-barrel close to the lower portion of its interior, the tube 37 being strai ht when lies on its side and being bent when it is to be applied to a barrel on its end. V

In operation, the condensers a being ready for use and provided with a suflicient quantity of cold water, the automatic blow-off cook 29 is set at the desired pounds pressure.

-The valves in the connections 20 are then opened, and the valve 16 or any other valves which there may be in the pipes 14, 17, 18, 24. The watercocks 36 should be closed. Then the valve 15 should be opened, letting the steam pass'through the pipe 11 into the injector 12, and circulation begins immediately, the pipe 17 carrying the air and fumes from the barrels by means of the pipe 18 to the injector 12 and vaporizing the contents of the barrels. The va or and steam are then carried to the barre a, vaporizin its contents and the contents of the pores o the wood, and thence ,through the connec tions 20 to all the barrels in turn, heating and vaporizing the contents of every barrel until a'satisfactory de ee of heat is reached as indicated by the t full 0 ening of the blow-ofi stop-cock 29, there y allowing the vapor to pass through the branch vapor-pipe 30 to. the main vaporpipe 26 and thence to the condensers u. The recovered alcohol is thence conducted through the outlet-pipe 28 to the receivingtank During this operation the injector 25 is receiving steam from the pipe 24 and conducting it' into the vapor-pipe 26,with the effect of materially assistin in drawing the vaporized contents of the barrels from the last barrel and through the pipes 18 and 30 to the ipe 26, thus assistingthe circulation. It will e seen, therefore, that the circulation is assisted by both steam-injectors 25 and 12, the former being located in the path of the vapor which has been withdrawn from the barrels and is on the Way to the condensers and the latter in the ath of the steam which is on the wa to the Barrels, carrying with it the air and umes which leave the barrels at the beginning of the circulation.-

By means of this apparatps in the above operation circulation through all the barrels be- %1I1S as soon as the steam is turned on, and the arrels become quickly heated. Hence the ermometer 19 to allow the vaporization is quickly and thorough and the 1 alcohol contained in the barrels and in the wood of which they are com osed is quickly and thoroughly removed. hibreover, a large number of barrels may be placed in line or in connected lines,either horizontal or both, and operated at the same time. 1

In order to remove the water (or the greater part of it) remaining in the barrels after the completion of the above-described process, the blow-off cock 29 is closed and the valves 15 and 16 are opened, thus driving the "as em-ms; tubular". connectrons be'tween' Having thus fully s ri d my'in What I'cleim, and desire to. secure by Letters Patent,*is-fl-' H "1. In an apparatnsfor the'purpose specisteam into berrels and fer'cirl'g the greeter I through. the tubes 37 end Water+coks 36.

portion Of-the .wate'jr therein but v fled, a steam-generator; tubu1arjconnections between the berrel's o'r' easks; tubular 'cen- 'nectien between the generator-end the first f barrel or ee'sk tjo lee-treated; a steam-injector in'seldtubular connect on-between thegener- 'ator airid the first barrel I ahd -tubulaiqconnecticn's lbetwe'en said' inj eetor and. the last bar- .i rel, substantially es'setlferth; 2.1m an epparats'for' the p irpes'e speci-.

I -fi d', a steam-genere-tcjr;- tubuler-eonnecticns between the; barrels ercesks e" tubular co'njnection between the} generator i and the first 1 barrel or 'c'esk'tq be treated ;.1 ,'ecndensing-e arat'ns tubular ccnnectlpn's 'betweer'if, t e e- -'ast.barre1.end the 'eendensin apparatus; a

. tubulereonnecti'en betweent e majinsteam j Suppl -and1 the -'ccrme'cti0'ns between thelast,

1-11) erre 21nd,. the cc'iridehsii'rgt a steanifinjectory i said between; the steam-sup ly-an'd the'connec ltiq'ns between the-lest pamus; and a tu'bu agr' -'conneet1cns I may and "theflc on 3., In an eppera tus "fer thefpurpese fied, a steam-genere'tor; tnbulerieonneetions betwe'en the barrels vor casks; a 'tub-ulelr' cone nectio'nbetween ;the-. genera;tor and the-first barrel er casktoi be treated; a1 condensing est barrel and the condensing apparatn'sgfle tubular, connection betweenthe main steamsu p-11 'andQthe-conneeticns between the lest.

barre andtheeonden s'ing appera'tus" a steam:

injector in the tubular connection between the generator and thefirstberrehje tubular "-nect'icn between. t

" connection between the seid injector and the tubular connection-leading from the-lestfberreI and a stea'rminLecter in; said; tubular con-. i e e steenr-supplygand the conneetibn between the last "berrel and .jthe' condens'ri'g s ppe'retus, substantielly es .deef

i between'thebarrels or masks ;'the' tubular 0011- ms; mechenismfor securing said eushicns to,

en efiparetus l fcr the burp 0st; @601 fied a steaniegeneretor; tUbIIIGJIi-QODDGGUODS and thefirst b'err'el tub ul a r connections 1: 0,-

24, 26, andflS- between the generatori and the. last'barrel'; the tiibuiar connection 17 be tween the pipes 18. and 1 4 steam-inj eaters-be with thepip e'26; ab ow-ofi-ccck' cennected reiulatorr com'lected WithiSEtid blew-off cock,-

su stantielly as described,

scribed,- in combinationith ai -plurality of -itWeen-the pipes '14 -end .1-7;a'nd"the pipes. 24 endf26; a condensin apparatus connected with the-pipes18 end 30;.1endjan eutomatie- '5 -5';-' Inan apparatus ofthe cheraeter tiebarrels arranged'erufhtdfend, head {blocks comprisingcross.- bers gj and suitable sup-j 6 In anepparetiisio scribed, in. combination .jwitha plurality ofberrels', arranged end to gend,heed? blocks i-comprl'sing; cross-bars g -'andsuitab1e-;su; elastic-pneumatic. ring-shaped cu's -;'p'urp0s e setforth, I

lhl' an apparatus 9f theIeharecter- -de scribed, in combination with a "plurality Of 5 forts-, elestie' pneumetlc v ring shtp'ed 'cus thehe'aid'eblocks between'themlend the Gen ihead blocksend {foreingthern egain's't. the

comprising cross=bars 'g=and suitable sug I elastic; pneumatic cushions securedto said cross-bars between them, and the barrelthe character d'e 5 fifthhead-blocks between them' and the-ee'n- .tral portions of the begrrel-heads end mach-1*- enism "for connecting the head-blocks 'end'" I forcing them against the barfieleheads, for the tra l pcntiens of-ithef'barrel heeds; rods 70 e'x-f V opposite ends on *9pposite ,s idesof the bar-i relsfand'mechamsrn intermediate efsaid-'.

, .95 "of the line of ba'rrels' fer-forcing sa d -head"- jbloeks against thebarrelheeds ';forjthe pni reds and; the headrbljeekset, thefopposite" ends pqse I e In" tle'st'mf n "whereof. I have signedflm y su ee giw ne e e" items; HENRY NAU TQ Witnesses;

nections' 1 I1 end.- ltbetween the generator r narne' ti). thisspeei'ficatienin the presence 10f 

